New York Times Publishes Second Controversial Cartoon Amid Outrage Over Anti-Semitism

Amid outrage over the recent publication of an anti-semitic cartoon, The New York Times printed a second one on April 27 that appears to denigrate the faith of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The new image depicts Netanyahu dressed as Moses standing on the side of a mountain while holding a stone tablet with the Star of David engraved on it and taking a photo of himself using a selfie stick.

While the meaning of the image is open to interpretation, the central message seems to suggest that the leader of Israel’s faith in Judaism is not sincere. Stripped of any interpretation, the image debases Judaism’s prophet and image.

The New York Times printed the second image as outrage still smolders over its publication of the first anti-semitic cartoon. In the newspaper’s own words, the first image, published on April 25, depicted “the prime minister of Israel as a guide dog with a Star of David collar leading the president of the United States, shown wearing a skullcap.”

The outrage over the first cartoon was amplified after the paper failed to appropriately apologize for publishing it. Instead of an apology, The New York Times admitted that the image “included anti-Semitic tropes.”

“The image was offensive, and it was an error of judgment to publish it. It was provided by The New York Times News Service and Syndicate, which has since deleted it,” the newspaper’s opinion section wrote in a notice.

The statement lacked an actual apology, prompting a battery of angry comments from Jewish advocates and the public.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/new-york-times-publishes-second-controversial-cartoon-amid-outrage-over-anti-semitism_2899282.html

Nadler Threatens to Subpoena AG William Barr if He Skips Hearing Conducted by Staffers

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold (D-N.Y.) has threatened to subpoena Attorney General William Barr if he decides to skip an upcoming House Judiciary hearing, this week.

Barr is scheduled to testify before the committee on Thursday, but the Department of Justice (DOJ) has voiced objections over the format of the hearing. Nadler has proposed having committee staff question Barr about special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. Democrats also want to go into a closed session with the attorney general to discuss the redacted parts of the Mueller report.

DOJ officials have said that they oppose any plans to go into a closed session and contend that lawmakers, not staffers, should conduct the hearing. “The attorney general agreed to appear before Congress; therefore Congress does the questioning,” an official said.

“The witness is not going to tell the committee how to conduct its hearing, period,” Nadler told CNN on Sunday, adding that if Barr does not appear on Thursday, his committee "will have to subpoena him, and we will have to use whatever means we can to enforce the subpoena."

Republicans called the Democrats' demands "abusive and illogical."

A spokesperson for the House Judiciary Committee Republican minority told Fox News over the weekend:

Attorney General Barr wasn’t asked to testify before the committee—he offered. He provided the Mueller report voluntarily. He invited Democrat leaders to view the less-redacted report in person. Yet the only thing, apparently, that will satisfy Democrats, who refuse to read the less-redacted report, is to have staff pinch hit when a cabinet-level official appears before us.

What actual precedent is there for our committee making such demands of a sitting attorney general as part of our oversight duties? The attorney general isn’t a fact witness, and this committee’s investigations—as Democrat leadership reminds us daily—don’t constitute impeachment, so Democrats have yet to prove their demands anything but abusive and illogical in light of the transparency and good faith the attorney general has shown our committee.

According to Politico, DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec argued that since Barr was the one who volunteered to testify before Congress, "Members of Congress should be the ones doing the questioning.” She added: “He remains happy to engage with Members on their questions regarding the Mueller report.”

The Democrat-led committee nevertheless on Monday announced plans "to hold a Wednesday morning vote that would authorize the panel’s Democratic and GOP counsels to split an hour of additional questioning about the special counsel’s findings."

https://pjmedia.com/trending/nadler-threatens-to-subpoena-ag-william-barr-if-skips-hearing-conducted-by-staffers/

Will Americans Ever Recover From This Excursion Into Unreality?

How to account for Americans being the most anxious, fearful, and stressed-out people among the supposedly advanced nations? Do we not live in the world’s greatest democratic utopia where dreams come true?

What if the dreaming part is actually driving us insane? What if we have engineered a society in which fantasy has so grotesquely over-run reality that coping with daily life is nearly impossible. What if an existence mediated by pixel screens large and small presents a virtual world more compelling than the real world and turns out to be a kind of contagious avoidance behavior — until reality is so fugitive that we can barely discern its colors and outlines beyond the screens?

You end up in a virtual world of advertising and agit-prop where manipulation is the primary driver of human activity. That is, a world where the idea of personal liberty (including any act of free thought) becomes a philosophical sick joke, whether you believe in the possibility of free will or not. You get a land full of college kids trained to think that coercion of others is the highest-and-best use of their time on earth — and that it represents “inclusion.” You get a news industry that makes its own reality, churning out narratives (i.e. constructed psychodramas) to excite numbed minds. You get politics that play out like a Deputy Dawg cartoon. You get a corporate tyranny of racketeering that herds spellbound citizens like so many sheep into chutes for shearing, not only of their money, but their autonomy, dignity, and finally their will to live.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-29/will-americans-ever-recover-excursion-unreality

>>6361845

kek

"in light of recent antisemitism we've revised the holocaust up to 12 gorillion"

>>6361850

no they are trying to shape the narrative by pushing antisemitism so (((they))) can claim victim status, NYT is run by the Jews

#1 Story on Russian State Media: Christ Is Risen! (Russian TV News)

Note the difference: In Russia, the dominant media, controlled by the government, celebrate Christian civilization, in the West, they denigrate it.

Russia's Walter Cronkite, Dmitry Kiselyov, makes it his top story in his weekly news roundup yesterday, when Orthodox Easter was celebrated across Russia. Footage of Easter celebrations from around the country and the world.

Transcript:

Today, Orthodox Christians celebrate their main holiday: the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, or Easter. There are hundreds of millions of parishioners of the Russian Orthodox Church all over the world, and this includes more than 300 dioceses, 40 thousand priests from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad, from Japan to the USA and Canada, in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. On all continents on Saturday night, the Orthodox gathered in churches to share the joy of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

- Christ is risen!

- Truly He is risen!

- Christ is risen!

- Truly He is risen!

- Christ is risen!

- Truly He is risen! This event is the basis of the Christian faith; a symbol of the victory over death and the hope for eternal life. On Easter Eve, in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia performed a procession, the Paschal Matins, and the Divine Liturgy.

Nikolay Vasiliev has the details of how the Russian Orthodox world celebrated the holiday of the Resurrection of Christ.

- Christ is risen!

- Truly He is rise!

- Christ is risen!

While the Orthodox were already greeting each other in the capital of Japan in celebration of the resurrection of the Savior, in the Church of St.

https://russia-insider.com/en/christianity/1-story-russian-state-media-christ-risen-russian-tv-news/ri26898

>>6362040

"The Fed Owns The Next Crash"

Occam’s Razor: The simplest explanation is often the best explanation.

In this case: The Fed panicked in December and by caving to markets reignited the bubble in a major way and now they are losing control as they are trapped and twisted in their own narratives. No rate hikes until 2020 but markets are printing new all time highs less than 4 months following Powell’s famous balance sheet flexibility cave on January 4th, just a couple weeks after President Trump told him “to stop the 50Bs” on twitter.

But this appears to be only act one of the drama. Now a mere weeks after a constant drum roll by Kudlow and Trump demanding the Fed to cut rates by 50bp the Fed may actually do just that according to Nomura.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-29/fed-owns-next-crash

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-29/fed-owns-next-crash

>>6362278

I thought this was the ISIS leader? pic related

>>6362317

kike